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CCTV: Pool player glassed and beaten with balls and bar stool at Walsall pub

These two men were wanted by police today after a man playing pool was badly beaten inside a Darlaston pub.

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The victim, 38, was playing with a friend when a young child tried to join in at the Fiery Holes Pub.

When the child was told it wasn't his turn, he told his father.

The father and another man went over the the victim, punched him in the face, smashed pint glasses over his head and threw pool balls and a bar stool at him.

The man was left with a deep cut to his forehead, a black eye and bruising to his head and body.

Dc Andy Sims, from the force's violence team, said: "This was a vicious attack on a man who was enjoying a game of pool with his friend. The assault took place in front of the offender's child and left the man with horrific injuries. We need help identifying these two men as soon as possible in order to bring them to justice."

Both men are described as white, one wore a green jacket and dark jeans and a baseball cap, the other man wore a blue zip-up jacket, dark jeans and a green T shirt and was bald under a grey flat cap.

It happened on February 8, between 5pm and 5.30pm at the pub on Great Bridge Road, Moxley.

Call Dc Sims at Wednesfield on 101 or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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